Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
treyalexander63971: Peter won't be becoming some messiah figure in this, but he won't be evil, the Phoenix's power isn't something that'll be easily if ever truly controlled.
Wingd Knight: A lot of people will be unsettled about Peter suddenly having cosmic powers that make him arguably the most powerful being in the universe short of entities like Eternity, Infinity, and lady Death.
heroman45: Peter's life will be taken a rather large turn with the sudden influx of new powers and his already current ones enhanced to an even larger degree. As for how Hulk will feel that he's possibly no longer the strongest one there is, we'll see.
marveldcfan: I might make it a harem, but for now it'll focus won Peter learning how to control his new powers. As for him becoming a better wielder of the Phoenix Force then Jean, maybe with time since she's had that thing for years
Kival737101: I have a story in mind that'll have Peter as a mutant and a member of the X-men and another set after the events of Logan where he's a mutant and paired with Laura.
Batman1998: A few people both good and bad will be wary of Peter's new found power, after all he was able to accomplish a lot with his normal powerset, what can he pull off now that he has cosmic powers? As for how this will affect him being the center of the Web of Life, we'll see
Harbinger of Kaos: I might make one like that someday, be interesting to see Spider-man to have near omnipotent power literally in the palm of his hand
Aniimeziing: Peter is in a sort of altered mainstream continuity, the altered being he's now the host of the Phoenix. As for Ben being alive at this point, well it's been revealed that Jackal brought him back to life after his supposed death so yeah he's sort of still around I guess. Kaine's in Huston doing his own thing or was, and Jessica's with the Avengers and will be shown this chapter. Also no Peter doesn't have Stingers, well he could now with the Phoenix but you know what I mean.
Brycedude: I have plans to make a Spider-man with DC Bombshells story, it's going to be the companion story to my Inhuman Spider story.
LL: Yeah Scott aint gonna be too happy with this whole thing, what he was doing on the moon was simply mourning Hope's chance to be joined with the Phoenix being dashed, now he's had time to come to terms with it…and he isn't happy. Some of Spider-man's villains might decide to lie low when word gets out that Spider-man's gotten a cosmic upgrade but ones like Otto and Osborn? They'll see this as a challenge and their both more than capable of meeting it
justafan: Jean's sort of dead by this point, well the older Jean is. She kind of became one with the Phoenix and is now in the White Room, it's complicated.
Chaos Sorcerer: Others won't be too happy about Peter getting something as powerful as the Phoenix force in him, mainly because their unsure if he can even control it which is understandable, just look what happened to Jean. But there will be some who will try to take advantage of this situation and may try to play on Peter's good nature to try and use his powers for their own ends, after all the power to resurrect with no real draw backs is pretty appealing to some. As for this being a harem with Emma being in it, I don't think Emma right now since by this point she still loves Scoot immensely, granted even now in the comics she does but maybe that'll change.
Guest: As for making this a harem with cosmic beings in it, possibly but Death will be making her appearance soon regardless, after all she and Peter while have never really interacted do have a close relationship and him suddenly getting the powers to bring people back to life may unsettle her, not so much as a threat but more of a potential bother that she'll want to asses.
Watcher of alternate universes: He's personality will change a bit but not too extreme in that he's devoid of empathy or something
duskrider: Well with Peter now housing the Phoenix, I don't see Otto pulling off what he did in the Superior Spider-man without taking it out of the equation. After all the Phoenix doesn't strike me as the type to let someone like Otto try and use it for his own ends. Also I think part of the reason why telepaths were never used is because Otto still had Peter's memories so if they tried to read his mind he could just show them that and they'd think it was Peter, but I think they still would have at the very least sensed something was off mentally about Spider-man, like he seems to have another mind in his own but what's done is done and the nightmare is now long over…hopefully for good. I mean it's an interesting concept but I would have preferred something like Otto placing his mind in a clone of Peter's, maybe even Kaine's for a time and then reeking untold havoc, that would have been more interesting to me at least
Dante 101: The Beyonder has random mood swings, its happened in the past before plus when your as powerful as him you need to find something to help past the time. I've decided to go forward with it being a harem but it will only be five women. No more and even then, one of them won't appear as often as the others so it could be argued it will just be four
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel characters seen, mentioned or used
"What the hell happened up there Rogers? And what's this I'm hearing about Spider-man being the new Avatar of the freakin Phoenix of all things?!" the angered voice of Maria Hill echoed through the commlink that Steve was using to communicate with the current director of SHIELD
"There were… unforeseen complications" the first Avenger worded carefully
"Explain!" the woman demanded
Steve was silent for a moment as he mentally mulled over what the woman needed to know before compiling "Hope was rejected by the Phoenix in favor of Spider-man who is now currently lying in a sort of coma while we figure out where to go from here"
Maria was silent for several moments before she responded "And how did the X-men take this? Should I be expecting an all-out X-men attack on Wakanda or the world because their pissed their so called 'Messiah' didn't get her cosmic upgrade like they wanted?"
"No, I believe this experience has hopefully opened up Scott's eyes and showed him just how devastating a conflict between our sides can be and that it'll be better to work with us instead of against us"
"Heh you actually believe that?" Maria asked
"Yes…" Steve said with narrowed eyes
Steve didn't need to be there in person to see that Maria was likely rolling her eyes before she spoke "Keep me posted on Spider-man, I'd rather not call back and find out he went mad with power and tried to take over the world or something"
"It won't come to that, Spider-man's one of the best men I've ever had the honor of knowing. If there's anyone that can resist the Phoenix's manipulations, it's him"
"Whatever you say Rogers… just remember that everyone thought the same thing with Jean and well… we all saw how that ended" the director of SHIELD said before she ended the call, leaving Steve to his thoughts before the door opened and Stark walked in
"So how the talk with Hill go?" the Iron Avenger asked with a smirk
"Well she didn't ask we hand over Spider-man, so there's that" Steve commented
"More like she's waiting for us to screw up so she has a justifiable reason to take him, this is Hill we're talking about after all" Stark said as he glanced out the window and stared at the home of the Black Panther "Scott's people aren't gonna like this, that much I know"
"What makes you say that?" Steve asked with a frown
"It's Cyclops, throughout this whole thing he's been going on and on about how Hope will save them all and all that Magneto crap and well now that she doesn't have the Phoenix like our resident chatter box now does… it could drive him to do something drastic to 'rectify that' or 'fix' it"
"You think he'll come for Spider-man?" Steve said worriedly
"I don't know maybe, or maybe some of his people will talk some damn sense into him" Stark said with a shrug "But I wouldn't get my hopes up, a lot of his people were of a similar mindset about this whole making Hope the next Jean Grey crap…"
"How is she anyway, Hope I mean" Steve asked
"She seems sort of relived and disappointed the giant ass fire bird didn't want her according to Logan" Stark said as he ran a hand through his hair "But to be on the safe side, he's sent her back to the Jean Grey institute until this whole thing blows over. Didn't want to risk the Phoenix suddenly second guessing it's choice in an Avatar and go for her again"
Steve hummed at that before something crossed his mind "What does the Beyonder hope to gain from all of this? Why make Spider-man the new host for the Phoenix?"
"Maybe he was bored or knows something we don't, but given how much we do know about him, I'm going with the former" Stark said as he pulled out a small device and checked it "Hmm looks like McCoy, Pym and Reed found something interesting in regard to Spider-man's current state of being. Come on, let's go see what the good doctor has to say about this"
"You think it's serious?" Steve asked as he followed after the genius billionaire playboy philanthropist
"Nah, if anything they've found something to gush over and want to show it to everyone" Stark said with a grin
"Let's hope so, I'm getting a little tired of all of these unsuspecting surprises" Steve said with a tired sigh
"Well I think that's for the best gramps, can have you getting a heart attack and leaving me in charge now" Stark joked
"Considering what happened the last time you were made head of the Avengers, I think that's wise" Steve said with a pointed look towards the man who coughed as memories of the Civil War and the fall out afterwards came to mind
"That… wasn't my best my moment"
"I know… I have the scars to prove it still" Steve said as the two continued on their journey to the lab that T'Challa supplied Reed, McCoy and Pym to monitor Peter's condition
…
"Ugh what hit me?" Peter groaned out as he awoken in a advance but comfortable looking medial room with a window that displayed the capital city of Wakanda
"A being of cosmic power bub" the gruff voice of Logan said as he was sitting next to Peter's bed with a magazine in his hands
Peter glanced at the feral mutant with a raised brow "So that wasn't a dream?"
"Nope…" said as he turned the page
"The Phoenix Force actually bonded with me when it should have bonded with Hope?" Peter said with worry
"Yep…" Logan said as he turned the page again "Ah look at that, their bringing back liquor caramel chocolates. Gotta order me some when we get home…"
Peter on the other hand groaned "Aww man I'm gonna go crazy like Jean did in the beginning but without the potential to come back better aren't I?"
"Probably" Logan said with a heavy sigh as he closed the magazine and dropped it on the small table by Peter's bed before looking at the wall crawler with a serious expression "So barring finding out you're the host of a cosmic being of raw infinite and dangerous power, how do you feel?"
Peter was about to say lousy and could use a drink to five when he realized that aside from some exhaustion, he physically felt fine, in fact he felt better than he has in years. Taking a moment to examine his body, Peter found to his surprise that some of the scars and marks he's had from his near thirteen years as Spider-man were now gone
It looked like he even gained a few pounds of muscle!
"I feel…great" Peter said as he examined some of the changes he's underwent with interest "Better than great even…"
Logan made a sound at that before suddenly the door opened and Ms. Marvel sans her domino mask entered along with Spider-woman whose mask was also off. The headmaster for the Jean School of higher learning institute held his hands up
"I ain't gonna hurt him, I was just talking, no need to punch me half a mile"
Carol winced at that "I said I was sorry"
"Yeah, tell that to my dislocated jaw" Logan grumbled as he sat up and cracked his neck "And my sore neck"
"What happened?" Peter asked with curiosity
"I thought Logan was going to hurt you and I sort of punched him…" Carol said sheepishly
"Seriously?" Peter said as he looked back and forth between Logan and Carol before laughing "Man, I wish I could have seen that!"
Logan growled at the wall crawler before his commlink started to go off "Hmm must be Rachel, gotta take this, try not to burn the place down while I'm away kid"
He then made his way out of the room, leaving Jessica, Carol and Peter alone for the moment. Jessica watched the hundred plus year-old man leave before glancing at her work husband with a slightly worried look "So, how you holding up?"
"Fine all things considered, don't have any urges to destroy all mankind yet" Peter said as he rubbed the back of his neck "Though is it normal that I feel like making a nest all of a sudden and starting chirping?"
"Well at least your sense of humor's still intact" Jessica said with a chuckle as she and Carol sat on each side of Peter's bed
Peter chuckled at that before looking at Carol "So uh what happened after I was taken out by the Phoenix?"
"Well we fought the Beyonder or tried to…" Carol said with a frown "Eventually we were able to teleport him away and Scott and his people left not long afterwards. Once they were gone, we got you and brought you to Wakanda where Beast, Reed, Stark and Pym have been trying to see what's going on with you for the past few days-"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, did you just say 'days'?" Peter said with wide eyes
"Yeah, why miss a hot date?" Jessica asked with a smirk while battering her eyes at the man
"What no, I mean not that I'm aware of it's just I have a job and-" Peter began only for Jessica to interrupt by placing her hand on Peter's mouth
"Don't worry Spidey, your brother slash clone, Kaine's got it covered" Jessica said with a giggle
Peter mumbled out a muffled "Really?"
"Yes really" Carol said as she reached over and removed Jessica's hand from Peter's mouth "Now is there anything you want us to do?"
"Maybe dress up as a pair of hot nurses and give you a hot soapy sponge bath?" Jessica said with a wink that caused Peter and Carol to blush before the latter sent a glare towards the raven haired beauty
"Uh, tempting as that is, I'm going to have to take a pass on that" Peter said as he suddenly found the blanket he had on very interesting
"Oh so you don't want to see me and Carol play doctor with you? Rubbing your hard, wet, muscular body with soap and maybe making ourselves more comfortable and undress ourselves to make you feel better?" Jessica teased as she leaned in, her voice growing husky and began to pump out a small amount of phenomes that while too weak to effect the likes of Peter or Carol, it was enough to still be notable to the duo
"Jess!" Carol snapped with a growing blush on her face
"What?" Jessica said with an innocent shrug as she shut off her phenomes and began to examine her nails "We'd just be checking him over, taking some measurements and all that. Unless…you have something else in mind. Perhaps of the threesome variety?"
Carol's face turned red to the point that Peter thought she'd spontaneously combust before the medical door opened and Johnny Storm entered with a grin on his face
"Hey, how's my favorite web head doin-oh…am I interrupting something?" the Human Torch said as he saw the two women sitting on Peter's bed, Carol and said man he was here to see both blushing while Jessica had a coy expression on her face
Also the sexual tension in the air was enough to cause Johnny to back out and come back later when it felt less awkward
"Yes Johnny, you are" Jessica said as she stood up and gave Peter a kiss on the cheek "You know where to find me if you want me to check up on you…"
She then gave Carol a wink before sashaying past Johnny and out the room with an obvious sway in her hips that Peter couldn't help but follow. The three sat there in an awkward silence for a few moments before Peter cleared his throat as he adjusted his position on his bed
"So uh Johnny, what brings you here?" the Queens born vigilante said
The youngest member of the Fantastic Four shot Peter an incredulous look "Seriously? Me and the others find out that our honorary fifth member was just attacked by the freakin Phoenix Force and you think we'd just sit back and crack open a few beers in response?"
"…Fair enough" Peter said with a nod before suddenly the Thing and Sue appeared behind Johnny
"Hey webs, how you feeling?" the resident strong man of the team asked as he squeezed past Johnny and into the room and gave Carl a nod that she returned
"Alright so far. Haven't gone insane or mad with power yet" Peter admitted
"And let's hope it stays that way" Sue said as she walked over and placed a kiss on Peter's forehead "You really had us worried their Peter"
"Sorry" Peter said with a wince before looking around "Hey where's Franklin and Valeria?"
"Sleeping" Carol said with a chuckle "They were up all night watching over you before Sue came and whisked them off to bed finally while Logan came and took over for them"
Peter smiled at this before suddenly he gripped his head in pain as he was suddenly bombarded with a multitude of voices that he could barely understand
"AGHH!" Peter gritted his teeth in pain
"Peter?" Carol said in shock as suddenly the glass on the window cracked and broke, causing Sue to throw up a shield to keep the group protected from the flying debris even though half most of the group's durability was more than capable of protecting them from some glass shards
"Peter, what's wrong?" Johnny said as he reached out to grab Peter's shoulder when suddenly a blast of what could only be described as cosmic fire shot out and nearly incinerated a shocked Johnny
"Holy-!" the man said as he ducked under the fireball that collided with the wall and began to melt it while Carol grabbed Peter and began to try and absorb some of the cosmic flames growing around his body in an effort to keep him from hurting himself or someone else only to nearly scream in pain as it felt like the flames were starting to burn her
"Ben go get Reed and the others now!" Sue yelled as she created a small dome around Peter as he unintentionally sent out another cosmic fire pulse that she was strained to keep contained
"On it!" the Thing yelled as he quickly ran straight through the wall and pass several startled physicians to where Reed and the others were
Peter gripped his head in absolute pain as the vices he was hearing seemed to increase in both volume and quantity
'Hmm I wonder if I should call my wife later-'
'-Oh man I'm gonna be sooo late-'
'Hey isn't that the guy that I used to beat up-'
'-great here comes the fun police-
'We need to address Parker's condition or we can be looking at another Dark Ph-'
'I wonder if Rachel will mind if I use her credit card to buy me those liquor caramel chocolates or not-'
"AAHHHHHHHHHH!" Peter let out a pained scream that forced everyone in the room back and caused the building to he was in to shake before suddenly his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he collapsed back on to the bed
"Peter!" Johnny yelled as he quickly approached Peter's unconscious forma and reached out to see if he was all right when suddenly a small bird shaped foot made of cosmic fire reached out from Peter's side and grabbed his hand, stopping it dead cold and causing him to wince before yelling in pain as the cosmic fire began to burn him
"Oh god Johnny!" Sue shouted in fear as she quickly tried to form a vacuum around the fire to see if it might snuff it out or cause the Phoenix inside to pull back
"AGGGHH- It's not working!" Johnny gritted in pain before suddenly Carol slammed her hand down on the fire and began to absorb it, the action causing her to whimper in pain as the energy seemed to fight back and attack her before it began to slowly settle, but not before leaving a painful second degree burn on her hand and Johnny's arm
"Shit!" Carol hissed in pain as she finally absorbed the cosmic flames before letting go of Johnny and clutching her hand that was now throbbing in pain
"GAH, the hell was that?" Johnny asked as Sue examined his hand before looking over Carol's burns
"The Phoenix I suppose" Sue said before she went to check on Peter, however not before she incased herself in her most powerful forcefield she could, wouldn't do to have her roasted alive like Johnny almost was
She examined him for any visible signs that could have trigged his reaction but found nothing "Hmmm… he gripped his head in pain before he or more accurately the Phoenix lashed out…"
"Must be the telepathy starting to kick in. The Phoenix is the living embodiment of all psionic energy in existence or something" Carol said as she held her injured hand close to her while she used her non-injured hand to grip Peter's, she almost smiled when she felt his grip tightened around her's before she glanced at her fellow blonde hero "You think we can make him something to help him regulate the voices or something until he has better control?"
"Yeah, Reed should have something in his lab and if not… I'm always up to the challenge" Sue said with a smirk while Johnny examined his burnt hand
"Huh weird, spend half my life on fire and it's only now I realize how much it hurts… no wonder Doom hates me" Johnny said with a thoughtful expression
"The fire isn't why he hates you Johnny" Sue said as she patted him on the shoulder "He hates everyone for simply existing"
…
Thousands of miles away back in Utopia, the Mutant safe haven off the coast of San Francisco, Scott stood alone on the launch pad and stared out into the distance with a blank expression while Mangeto, Emma and Namor watched from a few meters away
"How long has he been there?" Magneto asked the blonde telepath
"Hours now, he hasn't said anything since we got back from the Moon" Emma said with a frown "He's even blocking me from mentally communicating with him"
Magneto nodded at this before glancing back at the optic blasting Mutant "So what now? Hope bonding with the Phoenix was our best chance to undo the damage my… daughter… caused"
Before Emma could answer, Namor beat her to it "Do, isn't it obvious?"
The two and even Scott all silently looked towards the ruler of Atlantis with curious expressions
Namor seeing he had everyone's attention folded his arms across his chest and spoke "The spider is in possession of the only thing that can save Mutant Kind… either he helps us… or we take it from him Either way, I will not allow Mutant kind to go extinct because I'm the only one who'll be willing to do what needs to be done"
"Getting to him won't be easy, according to Rachel, he's secured in one of Wakanda's most heavily fortified facilities with half the Avengers, the entire Fantastic Four and even some of Logan's students guarding him…" Emma said with a frown
"She's right, before the Avengers were only concerned with ensuring that Hope didn't bond with the Phoenix, now they'll be concerned with defending their teammate and I know from experience how far they will go to protect him" Magneto stated with a distant look on his face
"Then it is good you are allies with the ruler of Atlantis" Namor said with a shrug
"Will your warriors be up to the challenge?" Emma asked with a quirked brow
"Will your X-men?" the man countered
Magento glanced back and forth between the two before he saw that Scott was watching them "Cyclops, what do you propose we do?"
Namor and Emma looked to the leader of the X-men as the man silently stood there before speaking in a grave tone
"Emma… get everyone ready"
…
And done.
So next chapter, Peter begins to better explore his powers with moderate success and a powerful being appears in light of Peter's recent boon